Ed McKean Stats

Ed McKean was born on Monday, June 6, 1864, in Grafton, Ohio. McKean was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1887, with the Cleveland Blues. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ed McKean baseball stats page.

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Ed McKean



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Birth Name:   Edwin John McKean
Nickname:   Ed - Mack
Born On:   06-06-1864  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Grafton, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-16-1919 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cleveland, Ohio
Cemetery:   Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   04-16-1887 (Age 22)
Last Game:   07-27-1899
Draft:   Not Applicable

Ed McKean

Ed McKean Pitching Stats

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Ed McKean

Ed McKean Hitting Stats

1887 23 Blues 132 539 97 154 16 13 2 0 54 60 - 32 - - 1 - .286 .358 .263
1888 24 Blues 131 548 94 164 21 15 6 0 68 28 - 30 - - 6 - .299 .340 .425
1889 25 Spiders 123 500 88 159 22 8 4 0 75 42 - 25 - - 4 - .318 .375 .418
1890 26 Spiders 136 530 95 157 15 14 7 0 61 87 - 25 - - 6 - .296 .401 .417
1891 27 Spiders 141 603 115 170 13 12 6 0 69 64 - 19 - - 1 - .282 .352 .373
1892 28 Spiders 129 531 76 139 14 10 0 0 93 49 - 28 - - 1 - .262 .325 .326
1893 29 Spiders 125 545 103 169 29 24 4 0 133 50 - 14 - - 4 - .310 .372 .473
1894 30 Spiders 130 554 116 198 30 15 8 0 128 49 - 12 11 - 2 - .357 .412 .509
1895 31 Spiders 131 565 131 193 32 17 8 1 119 45 - 25 11 - 7 - .342 .397 .501
1896 32 Spiders 133 571 100 193 29 12 7 0 112 45 - 9 12 - 2 - .338 .388 .468
1897 33 Spiders 125 523 83 143 21 14 2 0 78 40 - 14 6 - 4 - .273 .330 .379
1898 34 Spiders 151 604 89 172 23 1 9 0 94 56 - 18 13 - 1 - .285 .346 .371
1899 35 Perfectos 67 277 40 72 7 3 3 0 40 20 - 5 4 - 0 - .260 .310 .339
13 Years 1,654 6,890 1,227 2,083 272 158 66 1 1,124 635 - 256 57 - 39 - .302 .364 .416

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Ed McKean Fielding Stats

1887 Blues 2B 8 - - 44 5.5 38 20 18 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .864 0.00
1887 Blues LF 4 - - 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1887 Blues SS 123 - - 645 5.2 546 195 351 99 32 n/a n/a n/a .847 0.00
1888 Blues 2B 9 - - 60 6.7 51 27 24 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .850 0.00
1888 Blues 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Blues OF 48 - - 96 2.0 85 79 6 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00
1888 Blues SS 78 - - 396 5.1 360 120 240 36 13 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
1889 Spiders 2B 1 - - 6 6.0 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Spiders SS 122 - - 666 5.5 604 206 398 62 42 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00
1890 Spiders 2B 3 - - 8 2.7 8 2 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Spiders SS 134 - - 774 5.8 699 266 433 75 46 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00
1891 Spiders SS 141 - - 802 5.7 711 248 463 91 42 n/a n/a n/a .887 0.00
1892 Spiders SS 129 - - 668 5.2 576 207 369 92 29 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00
1893 Spiders SS 125 - - 752 6.0 678 247 431 74 55 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1894 Spiders SS 130 - - 751 5.8 680 269 411 71 43 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00
1895 Spiders SS 131 - - 737 5.6 670 246 424 67 42 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
1896 Spiders SS 133 - - 671 5.0 614 214 400 57 57 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00
1897 Spiders SS 125 - - 664 5.3 611 226 385 53 36 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
1898 Spiders SS 151 - - 782 5.2 729 304 425 53 47 n/a n/a n/a .932 0.00
1899 Perfectos 1B 15 - - 177 11.8 172 162 10 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00
1899 Perfectos 2B 10 - - 47 4.7 43 20 23 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00
1899 Perfectos SS 42 - - 220 5.2 195 72 123 25 13 n/a n/a n/a .886 0.00
SS Totals 1,564 0 0 8,528 5.5 7,673 2,820 4,853 855 497 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
OF Totals 48 0 0 96 2.0 85 79 6 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00
2B Totals 31 0 0 165 5.3 146 72 74 19 11 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00
1B Totals 15 0 0 177 11.8 172 162 10 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00
LF Totals 4 0 0 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
13 Years 1,663 - - 8,972 5.4 8,082 3,138 4,944 890 518 n/a n/a n/a .901 0.00

Ed McKean

Ed McKean Miscellaneous Stats

1887 Blues 76 - - 0 0 n/a 269.5 16.8 10.0 - - -
1888 Blues 52 - - 0 0 n/a 91.3 18.3 8.1 - - -
1889 Spiders 35 - - 0 0 n/a 125.0 20.0 6.7 - - -
1890 Spiders 23 - - 0 0 n/a 75.7 21.2 8.7 - - -
1891 Spiders 14 - - 0 0 n/a 100.5 31.7 8.7 - - -
1892 Spiders 19 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 19.0 5.7 - - -
1893 Spiders 16 - - 0 0 n/a 136.3 38.9 4.1 - - -
1894 Spiders 33 - - 0 0 n/a 69.3 46.2 4.3 - - -
1895 Spiders 12 - - 0 0 n/a 70.6 22.6 4.7 - - -
1896 Spiders 13 - - 0 0 n/a 81.6 63.4 5.1 - - -
1897 Spiders 15 - - 0 0 n/a 261.5 37.4 6.7 - - -
1898 Spiders 11 - - 0 0 n/a 67.1 33.6 6.4 - - -
1899 Perfectos 4 - - 0 0 n/a 92.3 55.4 6.9 - - -
13 Years 323 - - 0 0 n/a 104.4 26.9 6.1 - - -

Ed McKean

Ed McKean Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1887 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 St. Louis Perfectos n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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Did you know that Ed McKean batted better than .300 five times, with a high of .357 in 1894? Did you know that Ed participated in two Temple Cup series, one in 1895 (won), the other in 1896 (lost)? Too easy? Did you know that eventual Hall of Famer Bobby Wallace replaced Ed as the starting shortstop for the St. Louis Perfectos in 1899?

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ED MCKEAN BIOGRAPHY

Edwin John McKean played mostly in the 1800’s with Cleveland in the short lived American Association, the Cleveland Spiders and the St. Louis Browns. From 1889-1999, McKean hit .302 with 66 homers, 1124 RBI, and 323 stolen bases in 1654 games.

He played with one of the most famous 1800’s teams the Cleveland Spiders, winning the pennant in 1895. "Mack" was not a good defensive shortstop but hit well. He hit over .300 and drove in 100 RBI for 4 straight years from 1893-1896.

After his playing career, McKean was a player-manager with Rochester in the Eastern League from 1902-1908 and left baseball for good afterwards.

Once he left baseball, McKean went into business in various areas including boxing, wrestling and horseracing before opening a bar that was his final job. He passed away at 55 in 1919, due to his heavy drinking over the years. He was survived by his wife and three sons and was buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, in Cleveland, Ohio.

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